Clark, Caleb (1)

Clark, Caleb (1), a Presbyterian minister, was born at New Salem, Mass., in 1790. He graduated at Middiebury College,Vt., in 1814, and studied theology under Rev. Dr. Theophilus Packard. He served the Church in Trenton, N. Y., from 1820 to 1830, and at intervals afterwards, as stated supply, and was clerk of the Presbytery of Cortland from 1825 to 1830. He died Oct. 24,1863, laying eighteen thousand dollars to the Presbyterian Board of Publication and the Board of Foreign Missions. Mr. Clark was a man of decided ability, well informed in science and literature, and careful in Biblical study. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1864, p. 296.